OPPENHEIMER WINNER OF FIVE GOLDEN GLOBES IN THE MOTION PICTURE CATEGORY Best Drama Best Director – Christopher Nolan Best Performance by an Actor – Cillian Murphy Best Performance by a Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr Best Original Score – Ludwig Göransson AFTER TRINITY, HIROSHIMA, AND NAGASAKI, THE COUNTDOWN TO CROSSROADS BEGAN. OPERATION CROSSROADS AT…
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October 2017. Friends Deb Geraghty and James Stavena surprised Bill and me with these champagne coupes they found at a Reno antiques shop. For Reno history buffs, it was an exciting find. The vintage coupes were from the Mapes estate. A few days later, I broke with cocktail tradition and served Manhattans in the…
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NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY! Celebrate on Saturday, July 22, as we pay tribute to the iconic symbol of the American West. Owen Wister is said to have created the first romantic cowboy in 1902 with his best-selling novel, The Virginian. The “Virginian” was later portrayed on the big screen by Gary Cooper (1929) and Joel…
Friday, February 17, 2023 – The Bay Room at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco was packed for the all-day Writing for Hollywood Summit at the annual San Francisco Writers Conference. I was there on scholarship thanks to the Napa Valley branch of the California Writers Club. The audience was a mix of creatives. Some hadn’t…
A little bit of news… but not too much. May is Military Appreciation Month Military Appreciation Month takes place every year throughout the month of May to pay tribute to present and past military veterans and their families. Throughout the month are several specific military holidays including Loyalty Day, VE Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, Armed…
A little bit of news… but not too much. This month the spotlight shines on two young men with new books just released and stories to tell… Clear! by DENNIS R. BLOCKER II is the riveting story of the author’s 23 years working in Emergency Medical Services. Dennis reveals what…
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A little bit of news… but not too much. “Love the book you’re writing because you’ll read it a hundred times.” – Posted in the Santa Barbara Writers Conference Facebook Group Shameless Promotion In this year of the 75th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads, the first postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini in 1946, the series…
A little bit of news… but not too much. A Favorite Quote Shameless Promotion: 75 Years Ago At Bikini Read Excerpts from Bill McGee’s Atomic Memoir Watch Archival Film Footage Listen NBC Radio Live from Bikini, Test Baker, 25 July 1946 Thank you for reading this month’s missive and take care… –Sandra
A little bit of news… but not too much. Lists – To Do or Not To Do A mentor in my life (you know who you are) has been nudging me to go paperless. So far, I’ve conceded to using Excel for my to-do lists and, I have to admit, I do like the…
In May 1994, Bill and I sailed to Normandy for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day, the landing of the Allied Forces on 6 June 1944 on the beaches of Normandy. The trip didn’t go as planned. Here’s an account from my journal. – Sandra D-Day, A Return to Normandy 50 Years Later In 1994,…
It’s just an old tin ashtray, but the stories it could tell… When fellow Reno divorce ranch history buff, Jerry Garrity, spotted this old tin ashtray from the Del Monte Dude and Guest Ranch in an antiques bazaar in Reno, he knew if anyone would love to have it, that would be me. Indeed, just…
A little bit of news… but not too much. My Word of the Month Recently, someone in a Zoom meeting used a word new to me: “meh”. Defined as an expression of indifference or boredom, “meh” must be spoken with a shrug of the shoulders. The word can be traced back to the 1928…
British Movietone Moment – Test Able, 1 July 1946 (4:03) Operation Crossroads – Able and Baker Day Tests 1946 (26:36) Project Crossroads – Nuclear Test Film 1946 (42:33)
A little bit of news… but not too much. My Mantra of the Moment This mantra has been serving me so well, I’m repeating it for this month. In February, a friend gifted me with a little book, Empowering Mantras for Awesome Women, and the lipstick mantra spoke to me (surprise, surprise). The book is…
NBC radio reports live from Test Baker, 25 July 1946. Run time 14:30. (Courtesy of Hoover Archives) 10 Facts You May Not Know About Operation Crossroads Fact 8 Aboard the USS Fall River (CA-131), Bikini Lagoon, 25 Jul 1946, Test Baker – At 0835 on 25 July by the Bikini calendar (24 July in…
10 Facts You May Not Know About Operation Crossroads Fact 10 From 1947 to 1969, a secret group of atomic cinematographers filmed 6,500 nuclear tests in the Pacific and Nevada for the U.S. Government. In October 1997, Bill and Sandra McGee were invited to the American Film Institute in Hollywood for the 50th anniversary…
For February 2021, a little bit of news… but not too much. My Mantra of the Moment This month, a friend gifted me with a little book, Empowering Mantras for Awesome Women. The lipstick mantra spoke to me (surprise, surprise) and is just the nudge I didn’t know I needed to stay on…
A New Year… 12 New Chapters, 52 Revisions, 365 New Chances Happy New Year! We’re off and running. Fingers crossed. What was the most important lesson I learned in 2020? Gratitude. A focus on what is good in life (e.g., glass half full). Gratitude has proven to be a powerful tool in my navigation…